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| FEEDING YOUR CHILD FROM 1 - 3 YEARS
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FIFTH GROUP – THE OCCASIONAL
FOODS GROUP: It consists of –
- Sugar:
A small amount of sugar as mild sweetening is fine with foods
in MILK Group.
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Fatty and sugary foods: This group includes butter, ghee, oil
sugar, biscuits, cakes, wafers, sweets, chocolates, ice cream,
soft drinks and other sugary drinks.
- These foods should not be given too often, and when they are,
only in small amounts. Too much will impair the intake of more
nutritious foods from the other food groups and compromise the
quality of diet. Children between this age group require around
25gms of fat per day.
- When teeth are in constant contact with sugary foods and drinks,
they will decay. Therefore avoid using foods like cakes, biscuits,
chocolate and such foods as reward.
Some
Common problems:
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Problems |
Possible
Solutions |
| Food
refusal |
- Structured
meal pattern3 meals and 2-3 small nutritious snacks
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Offer variety of foods with some favourites
- Offer
small portions and praise your child for eating
even a little
- Do
not force feed
- Family
mealtimes
- Happy,
relaxed environment
- Do
not offer sweets or favourite foods as reward instead
reward them with a trip to park, zoo or taking out
to museum.
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| Refuses
to drink milk |
- Offer
in small fun cup or through a coloured straw
- Add
milk or cream (malai) to foods
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Include milk-containing foods like kheer, porridge,
custard, homemade ice cream and lassi.
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Try flavoured milk or milkshakes.
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| Refuses
to eat fruit and vegetables |
- Try
mixing vegetables in other foods
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Include small amount of fruits or vegetables at
each mealtime to allow opportunity to try
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Children learn by example- if parents and other
family members eat fruits and vegetable then they
are more likely to do so.
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Blend fruit drinks or milk shakes added fruit
- To
prepare kheer or porridge with added fruits
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Excessive
milk
drinking |
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Limit milk intake to 500-600ml per day
- Give
milk after meals or at snacks time
- Use
cup not bottle· Offer milk in small cups
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Last updated on 25-03-2003
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